INTRO (Amateur Basketball Player)

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.



VERSE 1 (Twista)

I wish the way I was living could stop, serving rocks,

Knowing the cops is hot when I'm on the block, And I

Wish my brother woulda made bail,

So I won't have to travel 6 hours to see him in jail, And I

Wish that my grandmother wasn't sick,

Or that we would just come up on some stacks and hit a lick, And I (I wish)

Wish my homies wouldn't have to suffer,

When the streets get the upper hand on us and we lose a brother, And I

Wish I could go deep in a zone,

And lift the spirits of the world with the words with in this song, And I (I wish)

Wish I could teach a soul to fly,

Take away the pain out cha hands and help you hold them high, And I

Wish my homie butch was still alive

And over day it was definately how devil took that ride, And I

wish that God can protect us from the wrongs so that all the soldiers that were sent overseas come home, And uh

We will never break, though they devestate, we shall motivate,

And we gotta pray, all we got is faith.

Instead of thinking about who gonna die to day,

The Lord is gonna help you feel better, so you ain't gotta cry today.

Sit at the light so long,

And then we gotta move straight forward, cuz we fight so strong,

So when right go wrong,

Just say a little prayer, get ya money man, life goes on

Let's HOPE!



CHORUS (Faith)

Cuz I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today,

Take this music and use it

Let it take you away,

And be hopeful (hopeful) and he'll make a way

I know it ain't easy but that's okay.

Cus we hopeful!



VERSE 2 (Twista)

I wish that you could show some love,

Instead of hatin so much when you see some other people commin up (I wish)

I wish I could teach the world to sing,

Watch the music and have ‘em trippin of the joy I bring, (shiit)

I wish that we could hold hands,

Listen instead of dissin lessons from a grown man, And I (I wish)

Wish the families that lack, but got love, get some stacks

Brand new shack and a lack that's on dubs, And I

Wish we could keep achieving wonders,

See the vision of the world through the eyes of Stevie Wonder, (you feel me) (I wish)

And I hope all the kids eat,

And don't nobody in my family see six feet, (ya dig)

I hope them mothers stain' strong,

You can make it whether you wit him or your mans gone, And I (I wish)

Wish I could give every celly some commissary,

And the po po bring the heat on them priest like they did R. Kelly, And I

Wish that DOC could scream again

And bullets could reverse so Pac and Biggie breath again, (shit) (I wish)

Then one day they could speak again,

I wish that we only saw good news every time we look at CNN,

I wish that we can never get the blues

Wish I can bring back the people that died, Eddy to, (I wish)

I wish that we could walk a path, stay doin the right thing

Hustle hard so the kids maintain up in the game,

Let's HOPE



CHORUS (Faith)

Cuz I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today,

Take this music and use it

Let it take you away,

And be hopeful (hopeful) and he'll make a way

I know it ain't easy but that's okay.

Cus we hopeful!



VERSE 3 (Twista)

Wish the earth wasn't so apocalyptic,

I try to spread my message to the world the best way I can give it,

We can make it always be optimistic,

If you don't listen gotta live my life the best way I can live it,

I pray for justice when we go to court,

Wish it was all good so the country never even went to war,

Why can't we kick it and just get em on,

And in the famous words of Mr. King “Why can't we all just get along?,

Or we can find a better way to shop and please, And I

Hope we find a better way to cop a keys, And I

Wish everybody would just stop and freeze,

And ask way are we fulfillin these downfalls and these prophecies,

You can be wrong if it's you doubting,

With the faith of a mustard seed you can move mountains,

And only the heavenly father can ease the hurt,

Just let it go and keep prayin on your knees in church

And let's HOPE



CHORUS (Faith) X 2

Cuz I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today,

Take this music and use it

Let it take you away,

And be hopeful (hopeful) and he'll make a way

I know it ain't easy but that's okay.

Cus we hopeful!